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by oblique63 13y ago
That's an interesting perspective I hadn't thought about. I've also always seen programming as a good way to actually learn math. Topics beyond basic algebra (e.g. calc, linear alg, stats, and even geometry) seem to lend th
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by oblique63 13y ago
I actually don't think our views are opposing, but I think the point I'm trying to make is just tricky because falls in a small area that doesn't oppose determinism. I actually view the mind as a total algorithm, because ther
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by oblique63 13y ago
Genetics do play a surprisingly significant role, and my second reference (book) even mentions it in the title. IQ is strongly believed to be linked to genetics, but again, as I listed in one of the sources, even IQ doesn't necessarily
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by oblique63 13y ago
No, worth can be drawn simply by applying the model I outlined above. References may add more worth if you're looking for verification (which I don't blame), but it's also a daunting task to compile such lists. Your comment
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by oblique63 13y ago
While this stance sounds nice, it doesn't actually make much sense in reality. It appeals to our cultural want for 'justice'/'fairness'/'equality', but it doesn't quite pan out once you look
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by oblique63 13y ago
No, it's pretty simple really: we adapt . We're amazingly flexible creatures and have a knack for adjusting to our conditions, whatever they may be; for 'better' or 'worse'. We actively re-adjust our perspecti
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by oblique63 13y ago
That's more of an orthogonal point than a counter point though. Just because we haven't accomplished something yet doesn't mean we shouldn't invest any more effort into it. I was responding to your insinuation that OP mu
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by oblique63 13y ago
Exactly. I think OP's argument was that we should devote more resources to these sorts of problems instead of bickering about low-level stuff so much (if they aren't directly helping that goal). I don't see how that view impl
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by oblique63 13y ago
> Numerous nutritionists have reached out and been rebuffed. That's interesting. What were they saying? Any sources? Personally, I don't care about soylent, because like I said, it feels a bit premature to try and make heads&
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by oblique63 13y ago
That's distorting my words and ignoring the effects of polarization. I said I agreed with education. What I have a problem with is the black/white attitude almost every nutrition course has. It was more of a plea for people to c
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by oblique63 13y ago
Pretty much this. I've been drinking a concoction of Spirulina, Hemp fiber+protein, Rice milk, and MCT oil, for a couple of months now, and not only is it cheaper than most commercial MRPs (including soylent), I've found it to be
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by oblique63 13y ago
This is true, but the problem is that the education out there is highly fragmented, polarizing, hand-wavy, and/or impractical most of the time. If you have an idea for what this education might look like, I guarantee you there will be
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by oblique63 13y ago
I actually generally agree with your assessment here. Modern things that are generally labeled as 'philosophy' and only 'philosophy' are rather abstract and with very little clarity as to their usefulness. Most of the
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by oblique63 13y ago
> It has low retest reliability, meaning that people who take are tested more than once often show different results. That's good to know. I still think the term 'pseudoscience' is thrown around a bit too loosely though.
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by oblique63 13y ago
> why can't we be friends? Indeed. Here, have an upvote to counteract the downvotes. It looks like this thread is heading to be derailed just as much as the last one unfortunately. HN is cool when it's about concrete subject
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by oblique63 13y ago
> your premise is false and your conclusion depends on your premise. Ok, so your knowledge of these terms indicates that at least you've taken an introductory course on philosophy at some point, so that's good. However the ke
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by oblique63 13y ago
> I respectfully submit that this attitude should be considered harmful, for several reasons, not the least of which is that it stifles intellectual curiosity into a subject that is still an open book Indeed. It is quite discerning to
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by oblique63 13y ago
> The problem is not that I don't know what philosophers think about, the problem is that I do -- see deconstructive postmodernism as one entirely typical example. It seems that is the only branch of philosophy you are familiar wi
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by oblique63 13y ago
Wow. What's with the intense elitism here? Have you taken a philosophy course before? The article was clearly arguing in favor of the general public learning to think critically. I'm not sure what your agenda is for completely dis
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by oblique63 13y ago
No, but I think a lot of python users consider this a particularly compelling advantage as readers . At least, I know I sure spend a lot more time reading code than I do writing code; so I appreciate any language that tries to optimize for
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by oblique63 13y ago
Alternatively, there's also http://luatut.com/ for a quick useful intro
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by oblique63 13y ago
The vast majority of Linux distros have also also never had a lot of casual desktop users outside of developers and server admins. Expanding consumer mindshare costs money, and it that has been Ubuntu's main priority since day one. D
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by oblique63 13y ago
> it can only serve to narrow down the candidate list of companies that the post was in reference to. That is somewhat malicious, given the sentiments expressed. This seems like an awfully cynical view to take. YC has accepted quite a
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by oblique63 13y ago
> you seem to blame YC for what seems to be a typical startup experience Why are so many here thinking this? I didn't even remotely interpret this post like that. If anything, the post seemed to overwhelmingly present your exact
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by oblique63 13y ago
> Furthermore, you yourself were pulling it in one direction (it would appear). So, then, were you also guilty of this ad-hoc influence? Not the OP, but I would like to note that influence in this context has a couple of different flav
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by oblique63 13y ago
Same here. Got it on my Nexus 4 (T-Mobile) in SF. I hadn't noticed this feature before either, so the first thing I did when it prompted me was to disable it, then when I thought about it for a few seconds, I realized it was actually a
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by oblique63 13y ago
While I don't have personal experience in this area (yet), everything here seems to be symptomatic of the issues within the structure of academia itself, and the students could very well just be victims of the machine. If so, bashing t
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by oblique63 13y ago
Very much this. As someone with a strong interest in everything neurology/psychology/intelligence/learning/teaching/etc, this is the most accurate description of what is going on. "Incompetence" isn't
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by oblique63 13y ago
While I'm never convinced by such theories without conducting my own share of research, it's depressing how difficult it is to find any real credible refutations of the data presented without diving into the experiment papers and
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by oblique63 13y ago
Well, that is kinda the point... It has long been known that people with depression technically have a more realistic view of the world, I doubt that's coincidence (speaking from personal experience). People need the ability to heavily

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